Slackpacking

Get your boots dirty with a multiday hiking adventure that is made even better with a hot shower, delicious meals and a comfortable bed at the end of each day. This is the beauty of slackpacking; a walking adventure minus the discomfort that comes with carrying a heavy backpack, eating dehydrated meals and sleeping wild.

The best way to explore South Africa's many beautiful locations is on foot. Fortunately, numerous…

Get your boots dirty with a multiday hiking adventure that is made even better with a hot shower, delicious meals and a comfortable bed at the end of each day. This is the beauty of slackpacking; a walking adventure minus the discomfort that comes with carrying a heavy backpack, eating dehydrated meals and sleeping wild.

The best way to explore South Africa's many beautiful locations is on foot. Fortunately, numerous options are offered around the country.

Your main luggage is transported ahead each day so that you can enjoy the walk carrying only a light daypack.

Slackpacking operators ensure that your experience is complete with historical and cultural elements that are included along the route. And then, at the end of a day spent outdoors, you get to rest and recharge at an accommodation venue with a hot shower, home-cooked meal and a glass of wine, and a good sleep in a comfortable bed.

Slackpacking is an increasingly popular way to explore spectacular landscapes and immerse yourself in a place. This wonderful way of hiking allows you travel light and enjoy an active, outdoor holiday with all the important comforts.

Slackpacking Operators

Active Escape's offers the full spectrum of hiking trails in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg. Enjoy the freedom of walking with a small daypack and overnighting in comfy lodges on one our slackpacking or...

Slackpacking, a manner of hiking where your bags are transported ahead each day to comfortable, catered overnight accommodation, opens up the activity of hiking to a wider audience. It enables for in...

Get your boots dirty and discover the big five on an ultimate foot safari in the untouched expansive wilderness of the Kruger National Park, surrounded by bush as far as the horizon. The Kruger are 7...

Start a Slackpacking Adventure in Hondeklip Bay, a coastal village in the Northern Cape, about an hours drive from the town of Springbok. The Silver Sands Trail is a new multi-day slackpacking trail...

The OYSTERCATCHER TRAIL is a 4 day professionally guided, fully catered slackpacking trail where your every comfort is looked after. We transport your luggage from one luxury overnight guest house to...

Groups meet their qualified tourist guide, owner of the hike and solo adventurer Anette Grobler at the lovely Elandsbay Hotel, West Coast. Here she will brief you on your entire trip and then you to...

For two magical days you can now hike the magnificent Tsitsikamma Coast with no heavy backpack, spending three nights in comfort at luxury accommodation establishments. The trail covers 17 km, at in...

The Donkey Trail is a 30km, 3 night, two day, guided and fully catered hike into Gamkaskloof (Die Hel). The trail was started as a community development and animal rescue initiative and has become a...

The Fynbos Trail is a unique nature experience in the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom. This three-day, 26km trail (with optional extra coastal section) meanders through hidden pockets of indigenous...

This circular trail is 36.5km and ideally situated just 3 hours drive from Johannesburg/Pretoria between Machadodorp and Badplaas, is one of the newest additions to the multi day trails available and...

Slackpacking from Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge provides hikers an ideal opportunity to explore the iconic trails of the Northern Drakensberg, without the drama of heavy packs and camping in mountain a...